Cam was a little dazed when he was sacked again. He even forgot to be angry, but felt a sense of absurdity.
The Carolina Panthers always want to quickly stabilize their position, clear their minds, and get back on the normal track of the game. However, the more anxious they are, the more panic they become. They are unable to enter the state. The whole team is in a state of suspension. The state of being in mid-air, unable to reach the sky or the ground, just hanging like this, but unable to get rid of it. The nightmare of facing the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals seems to have returned again.
Could it be that the National League West teams are really their nemesis?
But the game will not stop because of the Carolina Panthers' difficulties and frustration. The forty-second offensive countdown is still ticking away, which also forces Cam to stand up quickly, rearrange his tactics, and prepare for the second gear. attack.
Standing in the pocket of the offensive line again, Cam let out a long breath. Facing the dilemma of eighteen yards on second gear, his overheated brain finally calmed down. He is no longer the young man who acted randomly because of impulse in his rookie season. After two seasons of polishing, he finally found the formula to use his talent this season, and the outstanding performance of his teammates has further enhanced his ability. got a lot of support.
If the irritability continues, then the game may really end here.
Calm calm calm calm calm down...focus! Focus! Focus!
Cam secretly shouted to himself, temporarily excluding Lu Ke, the 49ers, and Candlestick Stadium, and truly focused on the game wholeheartedly.
Lu Ke, who was sitting off the court and flipping through the tactical manual, was the first to notice the slight change in Cam's momentum - from the moment he took the initiative to ask for a timeout, Cam was actually constantly adjusting his state and emotions. Although the process was still relatively long, But overall, his attention is returning bit by bit, and now he can really feel the difference.
The person who knows you best is always your enemy.
Although Lu Ke complained about Cam being a "running back", Lu Ke never underestimated Cam's strength. In fact, on the contrary, Lu Ke deeply understands Cam's lethality. His movement and physical fitness are absolutely killer, and his talent and ability can indeed create unlimited threats on this field. The defensive team deserves credit for the Carolina Panthers' strong rise this season; Cam's maturity and growth cannot be ignored.
Now, as the first quarter draws to a close, Cam finally truly returns to the game.
Lu Ke knew that the intensity of the next confrontation would gradually increase. It would not be easy for the San Francisco 49ers' defensive and offensive teams to continue their previous advantages.
Sure enough, just as Lu Ke expected, the performance of the Carolina Panthers' offensive team finally showed signs of recovery.
First, Cam chose a ground drive, once again handing the football to running back Torbert - a smart offensive choice, because the San Francisco 49ers once again chose to blitz the quarterback and spread the pass rush with five players. , On the contrary, there was a leak in the frontline confrontation of the offensive line. Torbert, who performed well in today's game, relied on his own strength to advance thirteen yards in one go, converting eighteen yards in the second gear into five yards in the third gear.
Cam's handover with Torbert was very decisive and he resolutely executed the ground attack, which gave Torbert a head start.
Secondly, facing four people rushing to pass the ball, although the pocket was torn again, Cam relied on his legs to run out of the pocket in a gust of wind and rain, trying to get the first offense with the ball by himself, but failed Unexpectedly, he found three linebackers scattered in front of him, waiting for him. He braked in time and found tight end Craig Olson with a short six-yard pass.
Although Olson was immediately tackled to the ground by two people, he still successfully completed the first attack conversion.
The dilemma of 18 yards in second gear was successfully resolved!
When Cam calmed down, other players in the offensive team also calmed down one after another, and found some solutions one after another. This gradually led to a back-and-forth confrontation between the offense and defense.
First, Cam used a running ball and a short pass to get the first offense; then Ahmed Brooks also successfully opened the game, and the home team's defense team completed the third sack of the game. Cam's attempt to break through was shattered. Before entering the pocket, Cam was pinned down five yards behind the line of scrimmage.
Then Cam once again used Torbert's running ball to open up the situation, advancing eight yards strongly, converting the situation of fifteen yards on the second gear into seven yards on the third gear; finally, the home team's defense team used three people to rush the pass and tear apart the offensive front. The pocket protection forced Cam to look for a passing route in a panic, but he made an outrageous error in arc control and came to a no man's land, with a full three yards of space from his passing target Olson.
Fortunately for Cam, this time it was a fifteen-yard pass, and there were no other defensive players nearby, so there was no second interception; but unfortunately, the team fell into a fourth-and-7-yard trap. In the game, the Carolina Panthers still had to choose to punt. After struggling for a long time, they still failed to score.
The Carolina Panthers' offensive team has made a slight return to form, and has finally stabilized its position temporarily without completely collapsing; but it is still not enough. Faced with the full pressure of the San Francisco 49ers defensive team, the duel between the two forward lines , the defensive team almost completely had the upper hand, getting everything they wanted, but this still prevented the offensive team from going further, and eventually suffered a strikeout.
"After the opening touchdown, the Carolina Panthers offensive team finally found some touch again. It took four minutes and thirty-eight seconds to encounter two sacks and fell into a long-yardage dilemma. But it has successfully pushed past halftime and reached the 41-yard line on the San Francisco 49ers side. Although it was a pity that they suffered a strikeout in the end, the visiting team can still see some positive factors."
"Cam Newton's game awareness is finally back!"
"It's still not Newton's best condition, but it can be noticed that after consecutive accidental disruptions, Newton finally found his own game ideas. The choice of passing and running the ball, the handling of repeated pressure situations in the pocket, The timing of running with the ball, etc., these details are all picking up."
"This is good news!"
"The game is returning to the expected track. This is undoubtedly a good thing for neutral fans."
Before the Carolina Panthers' third-down seven-yard offense, the first quarter was officially over. Then Cam had an incomplete pass and the second quarter was officially announced.
Now, the special teams of both sides take the field to punt, and then it's time for Lu Ke to appear again.
The Carolina Panthers' punt position is very ambiguous. The opponent's half is at the 41-yard line. If a free kick is attempted, it will be 58 yards, and the probability of hitting it is very low; and if a punt is attempted, the landing point is also 58 yards. It was not easy to control, so the Carolina Panthers special team deliberately caused a delay of game foul. After being penalized five yards, they punted from the 46-yard line, which seemed much easier.
Then you can see the results of this intentional delay of game foul.
Punter Graham Gano finally stabilized himself after making consecutive mistakes. This time he performed very well. With a high and far punt, he steadily kicked the football into the end zone. The forward position is about five yards, and the football falls very fast, which creates huge trouble for the returner.
More importantly, the Carolina Panthers special team had enough time to return to defense. They rushed into the end zone early and arrived at the football spot before the returner. One of the Panthers players tried to avoid The football rolled after landing and touched the football in advance, causing the football to land directly near the seven-yard line at the front of the end zone.
This was a very successful punt!
The San Francisco 49ers offense must start their offense at their own seven-yard line. This further confirmed Lu Ke's suspicion that the Carolina Panthers gradually came to their senses.
Not only was Lu Ke not upset or nervous, but he became more focused. He clenched his fists hard and his joints began to make a crisp sound - how boring would it be if his opponent just surrendered like this? He is just waiting for his opponent to get back on track. The second half of the season has just begun!
Returning to the field again, standing on his own seven-yard line, Lu Ke completed the tactical layout step by step.
After carefully observing the defensive position, Lu Ke chose to kick off quickly, moved two steps laterally to the right, and made a quick pass to attract the attention of the defensive players, but then he Quickly retracting his right hand, he turned around and handed the football to Marcus, the starting running back of this offense.
As Lu Ke expected, the Carolina Panthers chose the pass rush tactic. Fully seven players chose to rush forward. However, Lu Ke's quick kick and quick release created wrong guidance and affected the quality of the raid. Lu Ke handed the football to Marcus for ground advancement.
Marcus took advantage of the gap on the outside of the left wing to quickly form a breakthrough. Like Peter Pan, he stepped on the catwalk-like gap and continued to rush forward, trying to put as much distance between himself and the defensive player as possible, and then when the defensive player returned to defense, Marcus Before, they successfully made a first down, and before the opponent pushed themselves out of the sideline, they staggered forward another five yards. The offensive team immediately got rid of the predicament of the forward offensive position in the end zone and came to their own twenty above the three-yard line.
"San Francisco 49's ground offensive efficiency today is really outstanding. The Carolina Panthers' ground defensive advantage has not been fully utilized. Now they have no ability to predict Lu Ke's tactical choices. Instead, they have repeatedly fallen into Lu Ke's tactics. In the fake action trap, this is the third time in this game that the fake pass or fake run or fake pass tactics have been successfully executed."
"The Carolina Panthers defense needs to find the second-best ground defense in the league, otherwise their advantage will be lost in the face of Lu Ke's passing attack."
The question is, can they do it?
